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Vortex Nation Podcast

Ep. 305 | .300 Win Mag vs .308 – Do You Need One or Both?

Vortex Nation Podcast

Vortex Nation Podcast

Hunting, Long Range, Vortex Optics, Scope, Riflescope, Sports, Wilderness, Vortex, Gun, Vortex Nation, Shooting, Vortex Nation Podcast, Optics, Rifle, Binoculars

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Will the .308 do everything you need? Do you need the raw horsepower of a .300 Win Mag to get the job done? Or do you need both? Mark Boardman and Ryan Muckenhirn chat through their gel-shooting results, extract, examine, measure, and not only weigh the projectiles themselves, but where each cartridge makes the most sense. As always, we want to hear your feedback! Let us know if there are any topics you'd like covered on the Vortex Nation™ podcast by asking us on Instagram @vortexnationpodcast

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Vorotex Nation Podcast brought to you by lovers of hunting, shooting, public

0:09.0

lands, the Second Amendment, and good food.

0:18.4

What is up everybody?

0:19.4

Lights, camera, gel, welcome to cartridge talks, fully loaded.

0:24.0

This is the 300 win-meg versus 308 breakdown of when we actually shot the gel.

0:33.0

Now we have the shot gel here beside us, and we are going to talk even more about what

0:40.5

happened.

0:41.5

Do we like it?

0:42.5

Do we not like it?

0:44.2

Do we agree?

0:45.2

Disagree?

0:46.2

What a polarizing comparison.

0:48.3

My first question right, polarizing a person, yes, is it even a fair comparison?

0:53.6

I think it's a good exemplification.

0:57.3

Do you need a 300 win-meg?

1:00.5

That's what I want to say.

1:01.9

We're in the same headspace.

1:04.9

Because I think there is a lot of times, we're a person, maybe they're, I shouldn't say

1:09.7

just, but they're your classic, white tail hunter, not extreme ranges.

1:19.4

Trying to knock down a, what I would consider a medium-sized, big game animal, and I guess

1:26.2

I say medium because there's pretty small ones, and there's pretty big ones.

1:30.4

Can I ask for some anecdotal?

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